AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarRohan Dennis, former pro cyclist, charged with killing his wifeThe Telegraph - Jeremy Wilson,A former cycling world champion has been charged with causing the death of his wife, the Olympian Melissa Hoskins, after she was allegedly struck with a ‘ute’ vehicle. Rohan Dennis, an Olympic medal-winner and Tour de France stage winner, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarWatch moment cyclist Mathieu van der Poel spits into crowd who jeered himThe Telegraph - Telegraph SportMathieu van der Poel, world champion in both road race and cyclo-rross disciplines, spat into the crowd after deciding that he had “had enough” of fans jeering him. Van der Poel took victory at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup in Hulst in the Netherlands on Saturday. But he said he was booed by fans …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarWout van Aert denied Tour of Britain stage win by Rasmus Tiller after ‘overestimating’ courseThe Telegraph - Telegraph SportWout van Aert attacked three times in the final 30 kilometres of Saturday’s stage seven of the Tour of Britain but Rasmus Tiller denied him the victory that would have made him champion-elect. Race leader van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was caught within 850 metres of the finish line near Gloucester Docks by …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarWout van Aert grabs lead of Tour of BritainThe Telegraph - Tom Cary,Wout van Aert grabbed the lead of the Tour of Britain, and finally broke the general classification deadlock, thanks to a devastating solo attack 1km from the finish to stage five in Felixstowe. This year’s race has been criticised for being too predictable, with every stage up until Thursday’s won …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarWout van Aert delivers team-mate Olav Kooij to stage one win at Tour of BritainThe Telegraph - Telegraph SportOlav Kooij led home a Jumbo-Visma one-two on the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in Manchester as Wout van Aert began his push for the overall title by providing the lead-out for his victorious team-mate. Van Aert led Kooij through the final corner less than 300 metres to the finish line on …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarTom Pidcock called a bad sport as he emerges from crash to take World Championship bronzeThe Telegraph - Fiona TomasTom Pidcock was accused of bad sportsmanship after being involved in a final-corner collision before claiming mountain bike cross-country short track bronze at the UCI World Championships. The Ineos Grenadiers rider, who is the Olympic champion in the event, collided with rival Luca Schwarzbauer on …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarKatie Archibald: Anxiety has been building. You feel you are going to be trotted out for slaughterThe Telegraph - Fiona TomasAn emotionally-drained Katie Archibald admitted she had “struggled with the pressure” after being edged out of the medals in the omnium on the final night of track cycling at the UCI World Championships. Archibald, 29, has been shepherded into the spotlight for much of these championships following …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarMathieu van der Poel recovers from crash to win men’s road title at World ChampionshipsThe Telegraph - Fiona TomasMathieu van der Poel recovered from a dramatic late crash on the slippery Glasgow streets before becoming the first Dutchman in almost four decades to be crowned men’s road race world champion on Sunday. Van der Poel’s title-winning prospects briefly appeared to be in jeopardy after falling on a …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarTransgender protester brings Cycling World Championships road race to a haltThe Telegraph - Fiona TomasDaniel Sanderson,A transgender activist brought the men’s road race at the Cycling World Championships to a halt on Sunday, protesting about petrochemical sponsorship and the exclusion of transgender athletes. Five people were arrested after they halted the elite men’s road race, in what one of the activists said …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarKatie Archibald leads Great Britain to team pursuit world titleThe Telegraph - Fiona TomasKatie Archibald inspired Great Britain’s women’s team pursuit to their first world title in almost a decade to lay down a marker less than a year out from next year’s Paris Olympics. As the figurehead of the squad, Archibald led the pack from the start, setting a blistering pace that the New …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatarGreat Britain win silver in women’s team sprint at World Championships but men crash out of pursuitThe Telegraph - Telegraph SportGreat Britain had to settle for a silver medal in the women’s team sprint at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, but are confident of closing the gap on Germany by next year’s Olympics. Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Lauren Bell lost by less than a tenth of a second against a German …
AvatarThe TelegraphAvatarAvatar'I want the world to know Rab was a legend': Katie Archibald opens up on the death of her partnerThe Telegraph - Tom Cary,Katie Archibald is fighting back tears, as she has been for much of the last hour. The Scottish cyclist is remembering sitting in Cathkin Braes Country Park, a familiar landmark on the southern skyline of Glasgow, with her partner Rab Wardell, the Scottish mountain bike champion. In particular she …